ArticleMental health and physical activity2021
Aerobic exercise reduces anxiety and fear ratings to threat and increases circulating endocannabinoids in women with and without PTSD.
Article in Mental health and physical activity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06213883 (Characterizing Acute Exercise Response in Restrictive Eating Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Characterizing Acute Exercise Response in Restrictive Eating Disorders
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effect of Exercise Training on Anxiety Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Pooled it
- Endocannabinoids and Stress-Related Neurospsychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Basal Concentrations and Response to Acute Psychosocial Stress.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2024Pooled it
- Do Endocannabinoids Cause the Runner's High? Evidence and Open Questions.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Exercise on the Endocannabinoid System.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2022Pooled it
- Endocannabinoid dynamics across marathon and ultramarathon running: evidence from two field studies.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Comparative Efficacy of Exercise Interventions for Anxiety Disorders: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Review
- Understanding the Role of Endocannabinoids in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Physiology mechanisms of exercise for PTSD: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Investigating endocannabinoid system and subjective responses to exercise in cancer patients: Rationale and future research directions.JSAMS plus · 2024Review
- The Mediating and Moderating Role of Social-Emotional Skills in the Relationship between Sports Participation and Test Anxiety.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exercise and PTSD.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2024Review
- Exercise and Anxiety.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2024Review
- Exercise and Acute Affect.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2024Article
- Endocannabinoid and hematological responses to pre- and post-therapeutic exercises in liver transplant patients.American journal of clinical and experimental immunology · 2024Article
- The Endocannabinoid System and Physical Exercise.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Circulating endocannabinoids and psychological outcomes in women with PTSD.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2023Article
- Exploring a Dance/Movement Program on Mental Health and Well-Being in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence During a Pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Registered report: A pilot investigation of acute exercise response among girls and young women with and without eating disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- A review of the effects of acute and chronic cannabinoid exposure on the stress response.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Reductions in state anxiety have been reported following an acute bout of aerobic exercise. However, less is known regarding anxiety and fear ratings to specific threatening stimuli following an acute bout of aerobic exercise in women with PTSD. Moreover, the mechanisms responsible for the anxiolytic effects of exercise are not fully understood, although recent studies suggest a role for the endocannabinoid (eCB) system. Thus, this study utilized a randomized, counterbalanced approach to examine anxiety and fear ratings to predictable or unpredictable electric shock administration and circulating concentrations of eCBs and mood states immediately following moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (30 min on treadmill at 70-75% maximum heart rate) and a quiet rest control condition in women with and without a history of trauma, and in women with PTSD (N=42). Results revealed that anxiety and fear ratings to unpredictable and predictable threats were significantly (
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